Time machine first back up: will it erase everything on my external drive?

is looks like? mac, have erase on hard drive? have lot of important stuff on there can't erase

 

yes erase on hard drive, because time machine can work mac formatted hard disks hsf+, looks current disk not hsf+.

 

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